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Tanzania Gender Festival (Dar es Salaam, September 3rd - 6th 2013)

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GENDER FESTIVAL 2013 WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM SEPTEMBER 3rd -6th 2013

OVERALL THEME: Gender Democracy and Development: Twenty Years of Transformative Feminist Struggle For Women's Rights, Gender Equity and Social Justice- Where are we? What next?

The Gender Festival is an open forum for likeminded individuals and organisations to come together to share experiences and knowledge, to celebrate achievements and assess challenges ahead, to strengthen networking and coalition-building, to build capacity and to contribute to public debate and plan collectively for social change from a feminist perspective.

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Conference
Festival
Workshop
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Alternative economies
Anti-Imperialism
Human rights
Networking & community building
Political participation
Sustainable development
Women's Liberation Movement
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Mujer Palabra (E-zine)

Location

Spain

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mujerpalabra.net is "an independent and self-managed space, dedicated to creative work, thought and activism. We wish to disseminate ideas and materials to inhabit and explore the construction of a less violent and unjust, more free, creative and supportive world." Emphasis on language, misogynist violence, ecofeminism, feminist pacifism, antimilitarism, feminist and social activism, alternative economies / development, sexuality, reproductive rights etc.

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Svobodna - свободна (Blog & zine)

Location

Ukraine

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blog of an Ukrainian anarcha-feminist collective; emphasis on feminist theory, activism, protest, discrimination, stereotypes, lgbtq, homophobia, anarcha-feminism, women's rights, equality, anti-capitalism, violence, sexism (in media, advertising, everyday life, but also in anarchist/activist movements), body politics (abortion, reproductive rights), feminist comics/flyers/stickers/visual material, DIY, arts, etc. They work a lot with feminist/lgbtq/anti-homophobia visual material/comics, distributing it in the DIY section of their blog. In 2010 they have published a special issue print zine dealing with the problem of power structures, domination, sexism and violence in activism and especially in the anarchist movement, but also including a section about feminist self-defense.

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Přímá cesta (zine, 2001-2006)

Location

Czech Republic

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Přímá cesta ("The Direct Way") was a zine published by the Czech anarcha-feminist group Anarchofeministická skupina between 2001 and 2006 (8 issues); each issue is based on a specific topic; emphasis on anarcha-feminist history/theory/activism, globalisation/economic alternatives/anarchism, family/parenting, language/media, antifascism, patriarchy, pornography, sexuality/LGBTIQ, violence/women in conflict, book/zine reviews/literature, culture/film/music, translations of theoretical texts (mostly about anarcha-feminism) etc. Almost all issues can get downloaded from their website!!! Anarchofeministická skupina also published another bulletin: SIRENA.

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femeko - Feministyczna Ekonomia (Blog)

Location

Krakow
Poland
50° 3' 52.74" N, 19° 56' 41.928" E

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Punto G 2011: Genere e Globalizzazione - 24th to 26th June 2011, Genoa, Italy

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The reasons for a new edition of Punto G, ten years after in Genoa, June 2011
Ten years ago, on June 2001, in Genoa at San Giorgio Palace, the women network (who at that time joined the World March of Women) started the agenda of political events and rallies of Genoa Social Forum with an international meeting titled Punto G: gender and globalization – For an equal, democratic, fair, supporting and peaceful society of women and men, that ended with a demonstration in the centre of the city.

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Event
Topic: 
Alternative economies
Global affairs & transnationalism
Migration & border issues
Religion and beliefs
Work and employment
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Marea (magazine)

Location

Genoa
Italy
44° 24' 25.4232" N, 8° 56' 2.3604" E

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Red Dawns Festival 2011: Call for Proposals

Marking its 12th year, the International Feminist and Queer Festival Red Dawns is going to take place at various venues of AKC Metelkova Mesto (Ljubljana, Slovenia) between March 8th and 11th 2011.

The organizers invite aspiring artists, activists, researchers and collectives whose works explore issues of the body, gender identity and sexuality, to participate in the festival. Feminist and queer views on other axes of difference and social justice are welcome as well.

Submission deadline: Wednesday, January 5th 2011

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Festival
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Activism
Alternative economies
Do-It-Yourself
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Wir Frauen (Magazine)

Location

Düsseldorf
Germany
51° 13' 29.7948" N, 6° 46' 32.3472" E

Wir Frauen, a volunteer produced magazine, represents more than 25 years the same questions: Who benefits from the relationships? Who creates the conditions? Who pays the price? How can women resist, here and elsewhere? Where and how can they realize their ideas and concepts of life, their rights to self-determination and participation?

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